An RCT of acute health effects in COPD-patients after passive vape exposure from e-cigarettes
Background: E-cigarette use has been shown to have short-term acute effects among active users but less is known of the acute passive effects, particularly among individuals with existing respiratory diseases. Objective: To investigate local and systemic effects of short-term passive vape exposure a...
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Veröffentlicht in: | European clinical respiratory journal 2021-01, Vol.8 (1), p.1861580 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Background: E-cigarette use has been shown to have short-term acute effects among active users but less is known of the acute passive effects, particularly among individuals with existing respiratory diseases.
Objective: To investigate local and systemic effects of short-term passive vape exposure among patients with mild or moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Methods: In a double-blinded crossover study 16 non-smoking COPD-patients (mean age 68) were randomly exposed for 4 h to passive vape (median PM
2.5
: 18 µg/m
3
(range: 8-333)) and clean air (PM
2.5
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ISSN: | 2001-8525 2001-8525 |
DOI: | 10.1080/20018525.2020.1861580 |